Altogether, 2,023 cases have been recalled, according to the announcement. The recalled products were sold in 242 stores in nine states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas, Walmart said Monday morning.

Anyone thinking of cooking up warm soup to stave off the winter cold, there’s an important recall you need to know about.

Walmart shoppers in Alabama should be aware of a recall involving 12,138 cartons of chicken broth, potentially posing health risks. The affected products, sold in 48-ounce cartons, were pulled from shelves after concerns arose over their safety.

Walmart says customers should throw out a chicken broth product that was sold at stores in mostly Southern states late last year. This includes Alabama. The retailer has recalled 48-ounce cartons of Great Value Family Size Chicken Broth that had been sold at 242 stores in nine states.

An FDA Enforcement Report said TreeHouse Foods, which made the broth for Walmart, issued a recall on Dec. 11 and phoned consignees in Alabama and Arkansas. Asked by the Miami Herald Tuesday why there was no news release and who the consignees were, TreeHouse media relations didn’t answer and emailed:

More than 12,000 cartons of Great Value Chicken Broth have been recalled from various states, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Walmart.  The broth was recalled amid "packaging failures,